What has Steve Moore been doing as a job? I understand that Steve Moore has not been able to seek employment anywhere close to his high intellect suggests (according to his lawyers), but what employment does he have?
There are doctors trained in other countries that are working in Vancouver as taxi drivers, employment not anywhere close to their high intellect suggests... but they are working, making a living, supporting their families... cause they have to. This is what circumstance has allowed.
Steve Moore must be working somewhere, doing something... Isn't he? He must be contributing to society in some way... My friend's mentally challenged brother (4 year old intellect) has a job. If Steve Moore doesn't have a job, is he too good for them? Too good to drive a taxi? Too good to clean a toilet? Too good to sweep a sidewalk? Did Todd Bertuzzi prevent Steve Moore from getting employment anywhere, from doing anything? Steve Moore must have a job (I'd think)... and if he does, he must be displaying some level of intellect in that job.
I have complete respect for trained doctors working as taxi drivers. If Bertuzzi caused Moore to max out career wise as a toilet cleaner or street sweeper, or taxi driver, despite having a Harvard education, I sympathize, deeply. My complete respect. Steve Moore is doing the best he can, with what he's got. If Moore didn't even try to become a taxi driver, or toilet cleaner, or street sweeper, or mail carrier, because he felt he was too good, it's kind of hard to respect that. Makes me question how hard Steve Moore tried to get back to being a NHL player... Makes me question how self-entitled he sees himself as. When you're seeking that much retribution, I guess, questioning Steve Moore is open game. That's the trade off. He feels he's entitled for that large sum. Bertuzzi's lawyers aren't just going to let him get it. They are going to question him, hard... Fight him, hard, to block it.
Steve Moore's lawyer calls it an insult to suggest Moore could be a farmhand. What's insulting would be if Steve Moore felt he was too good for these type of jobs, contributing to society the best that Todd Bertuzzi's mistake allowed. To suggest otherwise is insulting to doctor-trained taxi drivers. What, couldn't even feed his dog with the salary, as per Mike Modano?
Where exactly has Steve Moore been working? What is the lowest common denominator job Todd Bertuzzi allowed Steve Moore to have?
If I'm Bertuzzi's lawyer, I think I try to nail Steve Moore on this angle. Question his sense of entitlement, and desire to get back to the NHL. Of course, Moore's lawyers will say Steve Moore also suffers from depression preventing him from seeking these types of jobs... depression caused by Todd Bertuzzi / concussion.
Going to be interesting...